In this sermon from Deuteronomy 14, we examine the Old Covenant food laws—along with related commands about mourning rituals, tattoos, and haircuts—that marked Israel as a people holy and set apart to the Lord. We explore the theological rationale behind these distinctions, centered on the contrast between life and death, and how they called God’s people to reflect his character as the God of life rather than the practices associated with paganism and decay. Turning to the New Testament, we see how Christ fulfills these shadows: declaring all foods clean, breaking down the dividing wall between Jew and Gentile, and becoming the true food that sustains his people. This message calls the church to live as a people of life in Christ—eating with thanksgiving, loving neighbor, stewarding creation humanely, exercising self-control, and avoiding idolatry—while finding our ultimate identity, holiness, and devotion not in what we consume, but in union with the risen Christ.